Twenty House Democrats are demanding a judicial ethics investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas just as the high court is poised to issue a ruling on the healthcare law that could make or break President Obamas reelection.

The lawmakers on Thursday asked the U.S. Judicial Conference to formally request that the Department of Justice look into Thomass failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars his wife has received from groups that want the healthcare law repealed. Their letter comes after 75 House Democrats in February asked Thomas to recuse himself from the case following reports that hed failed to report his wife Virginias income since he joined the bench in 1991.

Due to the simplicity of the disclosure requirements, along with Justice Thomass high level of legal training and experience, it is reasonable to infer that his failure to disclose his wifes income for two decades was willful, and the Judicial Conference has a non-discretionary duty to refer this case to the Department of Justice, the Democrats wrote in the letter, which was spearheaded by Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee.

The letter comes just a day after the Obama administration and 26 states challenging the Democrats healthcare reform law asked the Supreme Court to take up the case, all but assuring that the high court will render a decision by next summer.

Many legal experts believe the court will end up with a split 5-4 ruling on the law  with Justice Anthony Kennedy filling his customary swing-vote role  so pressure on justices to recuse themselves is only expected to increase.

Actually, Kagan's interest in upholding ObaMao care is greater than Justice Thomas interest in getting it overturned. Mrs. Thomas is acting as a private citizen as she has a right to do. Kagan the Pagan had a vested interest in writing the damn thing.

You could probably say the same thing about Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who used to be head of the ACLU on any cases brought by the ACLU.

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posted on 09/30/2011 10:21:21 AM PDT
by Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)

That's exactly what I was thinking. They're talking about an abstract - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wifeKagan actually pushed for the bill to be passed herself! Her mind is already made up before the facts are even debated.

:: The lawmakers on Thursday asked the U.S. Judicial Conference to formally request that the Department of Justice look into Thomass failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars ::

Too easy.

The lawmakers on Thursday asked the Inspector General’s Office to formally request an inquiry of the Department of Justice regarding failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of illegal purchased weapons that were allowed to move to Mexico.

Did someone say our elected congress critters were low in IQ? I might be missing something but here is what is included in the report by law mentioned regarding gifts:

§ 102. Contents of reports

(A) The identity of the source, a brief description, and the value of all gifts aggregating more than the minimal value as established by section 7342 (a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, or $250, whichever is greater, received from any source other than a relative of the reporting individual during the preceding calendar year, except that any food, lodging, or entertainment received as personal hospitality of an individual need not be reported, and any gift with a fair market value of $100 or less, as adjusted at the same time and by the same percentage as the minimal value is adjusted, need not be aggregated for purposes of this subparagraph.

The definitions section includes a wife as a relative: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05a/usc_sup_05_5_10_sq3_20_I.html

Kind of like during the Presidential campaign when the Dems challenged McCain over his status as an American and made him prove he was an American citizen, knowing full well their candidate didn’t pass the snuff test.

(e) (1) Except as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, each report required by section 101 shall also contain information listed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) of this section respecting the spouse or dependent child of the reporting individual as follows:

(A) The source of items of earned income earned by a spouse from any person which exceed $1,000 and the source and amount of any honoraria received by a spouse, except that, with respect to earned income (other than honoraria), if the spouse is self-employed in business or a profession, only the nature of such business or profession need be reported.

(B) All information required to be reported in subsection (a)(1)(B) with respect to income derived by a spouse or dependent child from any asset held by the spouse or dependent child and reported pursuant to subsection (a)(3).

(C) In the case of any gifts received by a spouse or dependent child which are not received totally independent of the relationship of the spouse or dependent child to the reporting individual, the identity of the source and a brief description of gifts of transportation, lodging, food, or entertainment and a brief description and the value of other gifts.

(D) In the case of any reimbursements received by a spouse or dependent child which are not received totally independent of the relationship of the spouse or dependent child to the reporting individual, the identity of the source and a brief description of each such reimbursement.

(E) In the case of items described in paragraphs (3) through (5) of subsection (a), all information required to be reported under these paragraphs other than items (i) which the reporting individual certifies represent the spouses or dependent childs sole financial interest or responsibility and which the reporting individual has no knowledge of, (ii) which are not in any way, past or present, derived from the income, assets, or activities of the reporting individual, and (iii) from which the reporting individual neither derives, nor expects to derive, any financial or economic benefit.

(F) For purposes of this section, categories with amounts or values greater than $1,000,000 set forth in sections 102 (a)(1)(B) and 102 (d)(1) shall apply to the income, assets, or liabilities of spouses and dependent children only if the income, assets, or liabilities are held jointly with the reporting individual. All other income, assets, or liabilities of the spouse or dependent children required to be reported under this section in an amount or value greater than $1,000,000 shall be categorized only as an amount or value greater than $1,000,000.

Reports required by subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 101 shall, with respect to the spouse and dependent child of the reporting individual, only contain information listed in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subsection (a), as specified in this paragraph.

If you are asking for Boehner or McConnel to fight, it will be a long wait. Those two men are very weak. They have NO Warrior genes. Our Republic will be served when these two losers are no longer holding office.

I desire to rid my government of corruption, which means to me that even conservatives are not above the law. YOur question is valid, but the timing and hypocrisy of the liberals is on display. If I recall correctly, Tim Geitner had a little tax issue and simply claimed that the tax code was too difficult to understand. This is the man in charge of distributing trillions of dollars of our money to the Solyndras of the world. Tax cheats are littered through out the congress, but the only one they want to look at is the guy who may derail their hops of stealing more private wealth for them to distribute to their cronies in the form of health care or is that health control.

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posted on 09/30/2011 11:09:11 AM PDT
by DaveyB
(Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. -John Adams)

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